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The accompanying table illustrates annual salaries and in- come tax owed by five individuals. Apart from the fact that they receive different salaries and owe different amounts of income tax, these five individuals are otherwise identical.

 

 

Name

 

Annual salary

Annual income tax owed

Susan

$22,000

$3,304

Eduardo

63,000

14,317

John

3,000

454

Camila

94,000

23,927

Peter

37,000

7,020

a. If you were to plot these points on a graph, what would be the average slope of the curve between the points for Ed- uardo's and Camila's salaries and taxes using the arc method? How would you interpret this value for slope?

b. What is the average slope of the curve between the points for John's and Susan's salaries and taxes using the arc method? How would you interpret that value for slope?

c. What happens to the slope as salary increases? What does this relationship imply about how the level of income taxes affects a person's incentive to earn a higher salary?

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